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First Americans
Gail Kiefert
First Americans
• This presentation provides detailed information on five First American tribes.
• The material covered herein satisfies the following Virginia SOLs:– USI.3, USI.3a, USI.3b
First Americans
• American Indians (First Americans) inhabited all regions of North America.
• First Americans were resourceful.• All tribes used their surroundings to survive.• They used natural resources for food, clothing,
and shelter.• The five tribe we will learn about include:
– Inuit– Kwakiutl– Sioux– Pueblo– Iroquois
• Click here for a map of the regions.
Inuit
• Lived in area that is present-day Alaska and northern Canada.
• Climate is arctic; temperature below freezing much of the year.
• Used seals, fish, whales, and caribou for food.• Natural resources were seals, whales, and
caribou.• Shelter was igloos in winter and tents in
summer.• Modes of transportation include foot, kayak and
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First Americans
Pueblo
Iroquois
Sioux
Kwakiutl
Inuit
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Kwakiutl
• Lived in Pacific Northwest• Climate was rainy and mild; not too hot
or cold.• Food was fish, deer, berries, and roots.• Natural resources were deer and wood.• Shelter was longhouses made of wood.• Modes of transportation were canoes
and foot.
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Sioux
• Lived in Great Plains.• Climate was dry grasslands.• Food was buffalo, corn, and beans.• Natural resources were buffalo and sod.• Shelter was teepees made of animal
skins.• Modes of transportation were horses,
foot, or canoes.
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Pueblo
• Lived in southwest, present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
• Climate is desert bordering cliffs and mountains.
• Food was corn, beans, and squash, a.k.a. the Three Sisters.
• The primary natural resource used was clay.• Shelter was adobe, also called pueblos, made
of dried mud or clay.• Modes of transportation were foot or horse.
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Iroquois
• Lived in Eastern Woodlands, northeastern United States.
• Climate is temperate, heavily forested.• Food was corn, beans, and deer.• Natural resources were deer and wood.• Shelter was longhouses made of wood.• Modes of transportation include foot
and canoes.
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Credits• www.conquestminiatures.com/images/500nations/...
(long house image)• www.greenlandholiday.com/.../Dog%20sled.jpg (dog
sled image)• www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-
mexico/pueblo-de-taos (pueblo image)• www.alaska-in-pictures.com/data/media/9/inupi...
(igloo image)• 2008 POS USI.3 American Indian Culture Areas graphic
organizer, Fairfax County Public Schools (content)• www.learnnc.org/lp/media/uploads/2008/02/
namerica2.jpg (map)• www.appalachianleather.com/siouxt.jpg (Sioux teepee
image)
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